Game apparatus



Nov. 20, 1923 1,474,618

' E. BRUDER GAME APPARATUS Filed. April 16, 1921 firmer l Patented Nov. 20,1923.

E s a I n'mv onnsnnnnm or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

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ILLINOIS.

' 'GAME APPARAT S. I 7

Application filed April 16, 1921. Serial No. 4 61','7il.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it knownthat I, EniiUNn BRUDER, acitizen of the United States, residing atGhicage, in the Vcountyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of

which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in game apparatus, and one of the objects-0f the invention is toprovide an improved de vice of this character by means of the use of which an interesting and fascinating game may be played by rules or otherwise.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this character which will be simple, durable and light in construction, enabling the same to be used upon a table or other support and readilypassed from one player to another, cheap to manufacture, and effective and efficient in opera-v tion.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as ,will appear, the inventionconsists the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, and in which Figure l is a side elevation. Figure 2 is an endelevation. Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3-3, Figure 1. p l 5 I Figure 4 is a top plan view of the blank from'which the supports are formed.

Figure 5 is a detail elevation of a modi- 28 at the center thereof intowhichopening tied fdrm of the invention.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6, so Figure 5. r

Referring more particularly to the draw.-

ing the numeral 10 designates a supporting base which may be of any desired size and configuration and constructed of any suit.

able material. Opening through the upper face of the base is a groove orslot .11, which preferably extends entirely across the'base.

The numeral 12 designates generally a blank of any suitable light sheet material which isshape'd' and bent upon itself so as to form a base portion 13 and upright portions 14-15, which are connected by the base portion 13. These uprights 14-15 may be of any desired configuration but are preferably provided with openings 16-17 .in the features of novelty in substantially.

therein for a purpose tobe set forth, and the base portion 13 is also provided-with a slot 14-15 are bearings 19.-20. The blank thus formed is'bent' into shape and the base or connecting portion 13 is of any desired width to hold the uprights 14- 15 spaced a suitable distance. The blank is provided with kerfs 21, so as to permit the uprights to be bent with respect to the base and when thus shaped the base is inserted in the groove or slot 11in the base 10. The extremities 22 of the base portion 13 are preferably rounded so as to coincide with'the. 1periphery of the adjacent portion of. the

ass.

When thus assembled the uprights and base 10 are connected in any suitable mannerpreferably by means of fastening bolts 23, which pass through suitable openings 24 At the upper ends of the uprights preferably from the upper face thereof.

The base is provided with recesses25 opening through the lower face thereof into which the extremities of the bolts 23 project and nuts 26 are threaded upon the bolts 23 to stand within the recesses 25. These recesses 25 are ofsuch a depth that the extremities of the bolts and nuts 26will be' maintained elevated above a supporting surface. be moved upon a polished surf'acewithout injuring or mar-ring the same, the base may be provided with suitable fabric 27 such as felt or the like upon the lower face thereof.

The numeral 27' designates generally a disc like element provided with an opening and from opposite sides of the disc project bushings 29, which are provided with rounded extremities 30 and flanges .31

In order to'enable-the apparatus to at the base of the rounded *portions 30.

31 will abut the adjacent faces and the bushings will terminate short of each other opening 28 and .also into'the bushings 29, is a tubular element 32, provided withinternal screw threads. The ends of this tubular elein the opening 28] Projecting through the ment terminate adjacent the crown of they portions 30, so that when the disc 27 is placed" between the uprights 14-15, the

roundedportions 30 will abut the inner.

centrally thereof.

faces of the respective uprights, The disc is rotatably heldv inthis position by means of suitable screws or bolts 33, 'which pass through the respective openings 19 and 20 in the upright li i5 and are threaded into the tubular element 32. lVith this construction it will be manifest that the disc 27 will be supported for free rotary movement between the uprights lee- 15, and may be easily spun about its axis when desired.

The disc 27 is preferably enlarged as at 34 at its periphery so as to form shoulders 35, beneath which shoulders are a series of apertures 36-, which preferably extend en tire] throughthe disc. A peripheral groove 37 is'arranged in the disc and the diameter of this groove is somewhat less than the diameter of the enlarged portion 34, so that the. groove 37 will preferably be arranged A plurality of transversely arranged grooves 88 are provided in the periphery of the portion 34L and communic'ate with the groove or opening 37. Clip like members 39 are provided with spaced substantially parallel portions 40.

One of these clips is adapted to be seated in each. of the groves. 38, so as to cxtendtransversely of the groove 3'7, and to be spacct'l from the bottom thereof, with the portions 40 of the. clip engaging opposite faces of the portion 34. The extremities n of the clip are deflected. toward each other and are adapted to be seated in the openings 36, so that the vclip will be secured in position upon the disc and the groove 38 will prevent lateral displacement of the clip.

These clips. are arranged any suitable distance apart and extend entirely about the periphery of the disc, and form abutme-nts as well as diyiding the lateral faces of the disc into separate spaces 42.

An element 43 preferably of a flexible nature is provided. with a head 44, and a. pointed extremity 45. The face of the head H is preferably rounded. as shown and is adapted to be seated in a rounded portion 4C6 of the groovefl 1.. and when thus seated the body of the element 4-?) extends through the slot 18 in the base 1?), so that the extremity 4.5 of the element l-Elwill project into th groove 37 in the periphery of the disc and beyond the clip. This element 43, being held against lateral displacement by the walls of the slot 18, being maintained in position when the base 13 of the uprights is anchored.

l i ith this improved construction it will be manifest that the disc having a free rotray movement may be spun any desired number oftimes about its axis and when so spun the portionsofthe clips 39 which extend across the groove 37, will, successively engage: and deflect the extremity 45 of the element and will have an operation in the nature of a ratchet across the extremity of said element, and when the, speed of rotation 'of the disc decreases sutliciently the extremlatter characters may he of a different denominational nature.

The groups. of characters are all preferably of the same denomination or indication and the characters of the respective groups are differentiated from th next adjacent character in any suitable manner. such as by means of av different color. This'may be accomplished by providing the character-s48 in each group of one color, say yellow, while the characters 49 of the same group may be in a- ClilflGDt color as red, while the inter vening characters. l6 may be indicated in:

another color as blue, and the intervening characters 47 may be indicated instill an-.

other color such as; green, the letters Y, R, B, and G indicated in Figure 1 designate respectively the colors yellow, red, blue and. green. Obviously any other desired colors or any otherarrangement may be provided.

These characters may be placed upon the opposite faces of th disc in any suitable manner such. as by printing the same upon paper 01' other element and applying it to the faces of the disc, or by placing the characters in different colorsdirectly upon the face of the disc.

In Figures 5 and 6,.the. lateralfacesof the enlarged portion iof the disc are recessed Hit) as at 50, and. the indicating characters may be placed within these recesses.

It is thought that the operation of this de--.

vice will. he clearly understood :lrom. the fore going. but briefly stai'ieditis as follows.

'llhe player grasps the ap 'mratus by the base soas to hold it steady and with onel'iand may spin the disc 27 upon its axis any desired number of times, so that it will rotate freely about the axis and at any desiredv speed. i

As the disc rotates the clip like elements 39 will ratchet across the extermity 4-5 of the element 43 and when the disc stops rotating, the element 4-3 will. stand between two adjacent clips and will indicate one or the other of the characters on the face of the disc. the result of which indicationmay bedeterinined by any rules adopted for the game to be played.

By the provision of the indicating characters on the opposite faces of the disc the result of the play may be seen by players who may be sitting opposite to the user. V

in any predetermined or desired relation with respect to each other.

fhc openings 16 andli in the uprights 1 I 15 serveasameanswherebya clear vision may be had of the element as and space 42 which stands adj acent' the element when the disc is at rest. 1. i l i i lVhile the preferred form of construc tion has been herein shown and described it is to be understood that variouschanges may be made in the details of construction, and

in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

1. A game apparatus embodying a support, a disk like element mounted upon the support for free rotation, spaced stops arranged about theperiphery of the said element, portions of the stops co-operating with the lateral face of the disc for dividing said face into separate spaces, and a yieldable and fixed element projecting across the path of movement of the said stops.

A game apparatus embodying a support, a disc like element mounted upon the support for free rotation with respect thereto, there being a circumferential groove extending about the periphery of the disc, a plurality of elements carried by the disc, portions of the elements extending transversely of the groove, and a fixed flexible element, a portion of the element projecting into the groove beyond the portions of the first recited elements that project in a direction across the groove.

3. A game apparatus embodying a support, a disc like element mounted upon the support for free rotation with respect thereto, there being a circumferential groove extending about the periphery of the disc, a plurality of elements, carried by the disc,

portions of theelements extending transrersely of the groove, a fixed flexible element, a portion of the element projecting into the groove beyond the. portions of the first re-' cited elements that project in a direction 1 across the groove, and indicating characters carried by the disc intermediate the adjacent first recited elements.

4. A game apparatus embodying a supporting base, an upright, a lateral projection at the base of the upright and having a slot therethrough, an element disposed between the base and the said lateral projection,*said element projecting through the said slot and beyond the said lateral projection, a disc like element supported by the upright for free rotation with respect thereto, and means carried by the disc and adapted to engage and flex a portion of the said element when the disc is given a rotation.

proj ects.

5. A.- game apparatusembodying: a1 support, adisc like. element mounted thereupon,

for freerotation with respect thereto, a fixed flexible Qeleinent adjacent the periphery of the disc and withfrespect to -whichelement the ,disc is rotatable, means 'circumferentially spaced about the peripheryflof the disc and adapted to successively, engage and defiect the said element when the disc is rotated, and indicating characters carried bythe disc and co-operating with the' said means,-the

said characters being arranged in a plurality of groups, all ofthe groups einbodying similar; characters, alternate characters of each group being of a similarly indicating characteristic, the adjacent group of char.-

acters being separated from. each other.

6. A game apparatus embodying a supporting base, spaced uprights formed from a single piece of sheet material bent into shape to form a connecting portion therebetween, there being aslot' in the said portion, there being a recess in the base with which the said slot registers, an element seated in the recess and projecting through the slot and beyond the said portion, a disc like element supported between the uprights for free rotation with respect thereto,and means carried by the disc, spaced about the periphery thereof and adapted to successively engage and flex a portion of the said element when the disc is given a rotation; 7 A game apparatus embodying a supporting base, spaced uprights formed from a single piece of sheet material bent into shape to form a connecting portion therebetween, there being a slot in the said portion, there being a recess in the base with which the said slot registers, an element seated in the recess and projecting through the slot and beyond the said portion, a disc like element supported between the uprights for free rotation with respect thereto, and means carried by the disc spaced about the periphery thereof and adapted to succes sively engage and flex a portion of the said element when the disc is given a rotation, there being an open groove extending about the perihery of the disc, the said means embodying clip like elements detachably secured to the disc, a portion of the clips extending across the said groove and into which groove a portion of the said element 8. A game apparatus embodying a support, a disc mounted thereupon for free rotation with respect thereto, saidfdisc having a laterally enlarged portion adjacent its periphery, there being openings through the faces of the disc beneath and adjacent the said enlarged portion, saidopenings extend ing around the disc, clip like elements extending across the periphery of the disc,

portions of the clips engaging the lateral faces of said enlarged portions, the extremities of the 7 clips being laterally deflected and adapted to be seated in the said openings to hold the clip in position, and a fixed element with respect to which the disc is rotatable, the extremity of the last said element projecting into the path of movement of the clips to be successively engaged and deflected by the clips when the disc is rotated. v

9. A game apparatus embodyii'ig a support, a disc mounted thereupon for free rotation with respect theretOQSai-d disc having a laterally enlarged portion adjacent its periphery and being provided with an open groove extending about the periphery, there being openings through the facesof the disc beneath and adjacent the said enlarged portions and extending about the disc, cliplike elements extending across the periphery of the disc and the groove therein, portions of the clips engaging the lateral faces of the disc, the extremities of the clips being de fiected and adapted to be seated in the said openings to hold the clips in position, and a fixed element with respect to 'Which'the said disc is rotatable, the said element projecting into the path of movement of the clips and into the said groove and adapted 

